My face concerning everything in Akiba S2.
"Oh no. I can't make my DragonRanger look like shit. Such a travesty."

I don't care what the argument is. If they released DekaRed as SPD Red without the giant cuffs, that's a neutered release. HurricaneRed not including armor that no one would use outside of one or two pictures before boxing it and never using again is not. Also, stop taking things so seriously :p

There's been no bitching or moaning... Like, at all, there's actually nothing even nearly like bitching or moaning.

Nobody is wanting anyone to go out of business at all, people are just saying they prefer one release over another. Geez, guys.

Are we reading the same thread?

Exactly my point. I can completely understand why Bluefin can't release items pertaining to Akibaranger. I really do. But it doesn't change the fact that the accessory set that the figure comes with in it's initial Asian release is altered, and therefore incomplete for it's North American release. I have no interest in getting most of a figure.

I totally support Bluefin and what they do, and as I said I understand the legality of them being unable to release certain things under certain conditions, but I won't settle for an incomplete product when I can get the complete one for nearly the same price or sometimes less. That's not bitching, or moaning, or hating, or whatever. When the original release of the figure with a cheap shipping method can still reach me a month before the domestic release, have all of it's intended accessories, and be cheaper all around, then I'm going for that method first.

So wait, what's missing from Ninja Storm Red Wind Ranger that wasn't in the show?

Nothing. All that's missing is a slapped-together piece of armor in what is basically a giant fanfic.

Actually, Hurricane Red IS missing the cloth and umbrella he uses in Rollcalls, and the hang glider they use in the intro.

But I haven't seen Ninja Storm so I have no idea if they actually used that footage at all.

Yes but those aren't included with either release.

And they used the Hang Gliders constantly in the first half of Ninja Storm. I don't remember ever seeing the umbrellas in the show.

Eh, if a store is selling something for cheaper, and you get it sooner, and it comes with something extra, why NOT buy it from there? Seems pretty cut and dried to me. Talking about doing that, and why you're doing that, isn't bitching and moaning. Nobody's annoyed at Bluefin for not being cheaper and coming out later, we all understand why they have to play it that way. But it is a fact that those things about them are true.

Personally, I'm going with mostly the Japanese releases, only avoiding the Japanese web exclusive editions of the Sentai stuff because they end up being more expensive, and the Zyuranger stuff because I don't want to get locked into an AmiAmi preorder for something I might end up canceling. So I went with Amazon for those figures.

It's a discussion. People are just talking about why they're choosing different outlets to buy the same merch.

The response to this news is vastly predictable.
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